Both Uses
polarize
in
Childhood's End
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- Somehow, out in space, the light of the sun had been polarized by two crossed fields so that no radiation could pass.†
Chpt 2 *
- This time, however, the whole gathering was polarized towards a centre of attraction.†
Chpt 7
Definitions:
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(1)
(polarize) to separate, align or orient something into opposites -- especially to get people to take firmly different opinions
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(meaning too rare to warrant focus) In physics or optics, polarize can mean to restrict light waves to a single plane. There is also a special definition in chemistry.